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Lille (/ ˈ l iː l /, LEEL; French: ⓘ; Dutch: Rijsel; Picard: Lile; West Flemish: Rysel) is a city in the northern part of France, within French Flanders.Positioned along the Deûle river, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France region, the prefecture of the Nord department, and the main city of the European Metropolis of Lille.
Map of Lille rail transit network (metro and tram) The Lille tramway (French: Tramway de Lille ) is a public transit system in the city of Lille in Hauts-de-France , France. The tramway is often called the Mongy , after Alfred Mongy , the engineer who created the interurban lines that make up the current system.
The Lille Metro (French: Métro de Lille) is a driverless light metro system located in Lille, France.It was opened on 25 April 1983 and was the first to use the VAL (French: véhicule automatique léger, English: light automated vehicle) system.
It was created in January 2015, replacing the previous Communauté urbaine de Lille, [1] and covers that part of the Lille metropolitan area that lies in France. Its area is 671.9 km 2. Its population was 1,179,050 in 2019, of which 234,475 in Lille proper. [2] [3] The annual budget of the métropole is €1,865 billion (2018). [4]
The arrondissement of Lille is an arrondissement of France in the Nord department in the Hauts-de-France region. It has 124 communes . [ 2 ] Its population is 1,260,060 (2021), and its area is 879.5 km 2 (339.6 sq mi).
Superimposition of a map of Lille today and a supposed map of Lille in the Middle Ages: the Grand Place is in the alluvial zone of the Deûle. Up until the 13th century, the site was occupied by the waters of the Deûle and by a marsh. Nearby was the alderman's hall, which burned down in 1213 and was rebuilt in 1233.
Map of Lille's metro and tramway lines. Ilévia is the public transport operator for the Lille Métropole, the metropolitan area surrounding the city of Lille in northern France. It operates a mixed system, comprising buses, trams and a driverless light metro system. The company is a subsidiary of Keolis, the largest private sector French ...
The part of Vieux-Lille to the north of rue du Pont-Neuf and rue Négrier [notes 2] dates back to the 1670 enlargement decided by Vauban after Louis XIV annexed the city to France. The streets in this part of the district, the parish of Saint-André, and the former parish of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine are characterized by their linear layout and ...